performing arts

Jenn Bueti: Small Town Girl, City World

September 21, 2018

by Maria Thomas Staff Writer The performing arts scholarship is for a select few Jaspers at Manhattan College. Students audition on Accepted Students Days, and those who receive the scholarship are required to participate in two distinct [...]

The Performing Hearts: Let’s Talk-apella!

September 14, 2018

by Alexa Schmidt Asst. A&E Editor Make way for the new singing group on campus: the Performing Hearts. New to the college this semester, the group is MC’s first all-female acapella group. Junior psychology major Naomi Uy originally came up [...]

Student Government Hosts Quadchella Auditions

September 12, 2018

by GABRIELLA DEPINHO, Asst. News Editor On Thursday, Sept. 6, Student Government hosted auditions at 5 p.m. in the Box for students interested in being featured as a student performer at Quadchella, the campus’ yearly fall concert event on the [...]

Aspiring Historian Shows Her Talents at MC

February 7, 2018

Though she is only a freshman, secondary education major Lexi Salerno of Long Island, N.Y. is already making waves in the Manhattan College performing arts department. Like many musically-inclined people, Salerno’s experience with music began very [...]

MC’s Unsung Heroes: The Manhattones

October 19, 2016

College students everywhere loved “Pitch Perfect” and have possibly binge-watched “Glee” as well. But not many know that Manhattan has their own a cappella group, cleverly called “Manhattones.” The singing group is not your typical [...]

Star Crossed and Star Struck: “Romeo and Juliet” Performed at Manhattan College

October 18, 2016

by ROSE BRENNAN, Staff Writer For over four hundred years, William Shakespeare’s tragic tale of “Romeo and Juliet” has been known as the quintessential tale of forbidden love. On Friday, the Manhattan College community had the opportunity to [...]

MC Players Fight Violence Against Women

February 18, 2016

by TORI JAMES, Staff Writer This past Saturday night, as a Valentine’s Day weekend tradition, the Manhattan College Players presented their annual “V-Day” performance with selections from A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer. The [...]

First Coffeehouse of Semester Garners Large Crowd

February 17, 2016

by NATALIE CRAIG, Contributor Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the intimate space of the Jasper Hall lounge, students gathered for a night of the arts. A full house was present to watch friends and fellow students perform and show their creativity. Coffeehouse [...]

Common Interest Living Community Brings Performing Arts Home

February 12, 2016

Last year, Residence Life introduced the brand new Common-Interest Living Communities to accompany the popular Arches program. There are four different communities students can choose from: Nuestra Casa, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Issues & [...]

MC’s Most Influential: George Schlinck

January 21, 2015

The stereotype of an engineer is often a nerdy geek who spends days and nights hunched over a computer—tapping away at a keyboard and scribbling formulas in nearly illegible handwriting. Society often pictures these masters of math and science as [...]